CVE-2017-1000424

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    CVE-2017-1000424

    Published: 2 Jan 2018Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Github Electron version 1.6.4 - 1.6.11 and 1.7.0 - 1.7.5 is vulnerable to a URL Spoofing problem when opening PDFs in PDFium resulting loading arbitrary PDFs that a hacker can control.

    References: https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/10008, https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/10008/files

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 46aed5ff6f4f2e27222dc197f67c48106cf817c8
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    v1.7.5
    v1.7.4
    v1.7.3
    v1.7.2
    v1.7.1
    v1.7.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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